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Watch Our Bill HB210 Tuesday Morning

We will be presenting our SLP and AUD Assistance Bill Tuesday morning a little after 8:30 a.m. in House Business and Labor. Join us in wa...

Jan 18
3 min

2021 President's Message

Montana Audiologists and SLPs, Welcome to MSHA 2021! I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to those of you who don’t know me. P...

Nov 18, 2020
1 min

Hamilton Relay Scholarship opportunity to graduating high school seniors in Montana

As the Telecommunications Relay and Captioned Telephone service provider for Montana, Hamilton Relay acknowledges that opportunities for ...

Oct 19, 2020
1 min

MSHA Virtual Vision Success!

We are so happy that we had over 100 registrants attend up to 17 CEUs online last week! If you attended please make sure to turn in your ...

Oct 11, 2020
1 min

"Virtual Vision" is HERE!

Starting Wednesday at 6 pm, we are kicking off our first virtual conference! We are excited to reach you at the comfort of your home and ...

Jun 5, 2020
1 min

Face masks: In the face of COVID.

How are you and your employer considering PPE that best meets the needs of our clients? Face masks, shields, face masks with shields buil...

Apr 29, 2020
1 min

Resource Tele-a-Palooza

As COVID 19 persists, ASHA, bloggers, companies and many more have been pumping out resources for tele-therapy, home programming, and car...

Apr 14, 2020
2 min

The Power of Communication

Written by: Christina Hansen, MSHA Secretary Right now, in this state, a man can’t tell his doctor where it hurts. A boy has been sent to...

Mar 31, 2020
1 min

Re-watch MSHA Webinar COVID-19:Welcome to Telepractice

We had such a great turn out with up to 100 participants last night for the webinar "COVID-19: Welcome to Telepractice." A huge thank yo...

Mar 20, 2020
3 min

Clarifying Information on Telepractice

Kathleen DeLapp-Cohen, MSHA Past-President, has been working hard to keep her own practice and MSHA updated on COVID-19 and Telepractice....

Mar 19, 2020
1 min

Check-out our latest update on COVID-19 and Telepractice

https://shoutout.wix.com/so/04N3WR8Nt?cid=0f8473d0-4174-41a0-8cfc-fb322cb8fd9c#/main MSHA is trying to stay up on all the changes occurri...

Feb 27, 2020
2 min

February MSHA Update!

I’m Shelby Midboe, an SLP from Missoula, and the 2020 President-Elect. We hope everyone’s year is starting off well, including finding a...

Feb 24, 2020
2 min

ASHA Certified SLPs and AuDs are the “Gold Standard”. Why aren’t MT Speech Aides?

The certificate of clinical competence of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) is the nationally recognized certificat...

Jan 11, 2020
2 min

2020: Our MSHA Vision

2020 is upon us and MSHA is running full speed ahead with fulfilling our mission to provide and promote education, networking and advocac...

Jul 10, 2019
2 min

Join us for the 2019 MSHA Fall Convention - "Big Sky Connections"

Greetings, We would like to invite you to join us for the 2019 MSHA Fall Convention - "Big Sky Connections" this coming October 17–18, 20...

May 18, 2019
2 min

Advocacy-Political Action Updates

2019 Legislature Session The 2019 legislation session is over. We would like to thank Abigail J. St. Lawrence, Attorney at Law, in repre...

Mar 13, 2019
2 min

Message from President

What does MSHA do for you as an Audiologist or Speech Language Pathologist? Here are just a few things: Annual membership at a cost effe...

Mar 13, 2019
2 min

Update from Licensing Board!

A Word from the State Licensing Board Executive Officer ~ Lucy Richards ~ The 2019 legislative session is one-third finished. The Board o...

Mar 13, 2019
1 min

Update on MSHA Assistant Bill

HB 270 to provide licensing standards for speech and audiology assistants, was recently tabled in committee where it eventually died per ...

Dec 11, 2018
1 min

SLPA Bill Draft

Please read the updated SLPA Bill Draft that is being proposed for this upcoming Legislative Session. Please email or contact MSHA if yo...

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